Utilized Smart Move for tenant screening and self-managed. 

If your primary focus is supplementing your income sooner, acquiring a rental property could be a smart move.

I have solid furniture, a couple fake plants in the apartment, good internet, and smart TVs. 

As for payments, if you have a bigger bank they usually do some sort of check capture on a smart phone for deposits, so you can take rent payments as check/money order, link your phone number to zelle and they can deposit it straight into there.

Smart money converts. 

I live in NorCal and buying local is not a viable nor smart option.

I'm starting to get antsy, and I'm starting to tell my wife over and over again, How much I HATE working for a SET WAGE making other people rich.That being said, I feel I'm a pretty smart guy, went to college at 17, there I earned my Associates Degree, chasing a vision of helping people with addiction and crisis by working in Psychology.

Hi All,I was day dreaming on a long drive yesterday and had a quick question that I'm sure the smart, helpful people of Bigger Pockets could help me understand - and hopefully lead to further learning.

If you download the google voice app on your smart phone and configure it, you can then make calls from that number using the app.  

@Kevin Coleman It may be a little pricey but consider looking into getting a smart lock with a digital keypad.